How to Grow Your Sales Using the Power of Packaging

Many small businesses fail not because of lack of marketing or sales skills, but because they fail to pay attention to the small details that can make the difference between success and failure in the long run. Most often, entrepreneurs do not think about how they can grow their sales using the power of packaging until it’s too late. If you want to be successful in your business, you need to pay attention to packaging and how it impacts sales and profits overall. Here are some simple ways you can use packaging to grow your sales and help make your business more profitable in the process.

Start Small

To get your packaging design off on the right foot, it’s important to think about its role in marketing. Start by determining your target audience. They are usually broken down into demographic groups and can include age, gender, ethnic background, occupation and more. Choose colors that are complementary and avoid clashing colors as well as logos that would compete with each other for attention. Put yourself in their shoes – where will they be looking at your package? What questions might they have about what’s inside? It’s also a good idea to consider how people will be picking up your product: Will they pick it up like a gift card or an ATM card?

Get Creative

Packaging is a more powerful selling tool than most people realize. Colors, shapes, and images can shape your customers’ perceptions about your brand and products. More importantly, packaging design can increase sales by influencing what customers choose on a store shelf. Consumer studies have found that eye-catching packaging will boost sales, particularly if it is designed for convenience. Just think about how often we buy food because it looks good or drinks because they look cool. In order to get the most out of your package design, be sure you are incorporating both function and form. Consider not only how something will be used but also its aesthetic appeal before deciding on its final appearance. You want something that grabs attention without being too gimmicky so as not to alienate any potential customers. 

Designing an appealing package has many benefits beyond increased sales—it builds customer loyalty, inspires creativity in other aspects of branding like logo creation, aids in storytelling through marketing material and supports product development decisions.

Know Your Market

Marketing is a significant part of small business success. Keeping your finger on the pulse of what’s trending will help you tap into new opportunities and even revive stagnant campaigns. With that in mind, it’s important to know who your customer is and what they want before jumping in with both feet. Market research tells you how customers perceive your company by asking a series of questions that are designed to find out what drives people to buy, what they do when buying, why they’re interested in your product or service, and much more. Market research also helps you know what other companies are offering which is important because there may be similar competitors that aren’t being served as well as yours could. Knowing this can make all the difference in the world for marketing strategy.

Branding Works

Branding is more than just the name and logo for your company. It’s about consistency in every detail. To get people on board with your message, you have to design packaging that excites them, that compels them to try something new. And then you have to promote it well so they know it’s out there. You can’t just build a pretty package and hope customers find it; you need to tell them about it through marketing efforts, online ads, or trade shows. If you can’t afford marketing support from an agency or another party, consider using crowdfunding to raise money from consumers who want the product to exist but don’t want to fund the manufacturing themselves. In order to maximize your campaign’s potential, make sure to pick a reward level everyone will like: one high enough for people who want to show their support but low enough for those who are only interested in purchasing the product.

Color Matters

Color is one of the most influential tools in design. It influences how we see, how we feel, and even how we perceive an object. The purpose of branding or packaging is to create that aha! moment – when you look at a product and instantly know what it is. That instant connection creates both trust and desirability in one tiny moment.

To put this theory into practice, IKEA was famous for their blue shopping bags with yellow polka dots on them. We all remember those iconic bags. But why did they choose those colors? They chose these colors because they were easily visible from far away, they made people happy, and they looked good on TV screens. These are just some of the reasons why color matters in branding. When creating your own branding or packaging, be sure to do your research beforehand and make sure you’re using the right colors to convey your message.

Know Your Audience

The most overlooked factor in business success is often product packaging. Not only does it make the product more appealing, but it can also lead people to buy a cheaper version of your product instead, thinking they are getting a better deal. There are many reasons that this happens, but there are some tricks you can use to ensure that people know they’re getting exactly what they’re looking for. The following outlines how you can use simple design tricks and language on your packaging in order to grow your sales and really get noticed by customers. 1) Make sure your product name is prominently displayed. 2) Use words like new or unique in order to attract attention. 3) Use small font size so people will have to come closer if they want to read it all- this will draw them into the world of your brand and encourage them to purchase. 4) Include things like customer testimonials or quality guarantees on their packaging- if someone doesn’t believe in their own products enough, then why should someone else?

Stand Out from Competitors

– a. Be Honest: You don’t have to have every feature under the sun for your product to stand out, but you should be clear about what it does and how it helps. 

– b. Utilize All Senses: Try putting designs on both sides of packaging or choosing colors with emotional significance – people can taste, touch, see, and smell products before they buy them! 

– c. Think Outside The Box: Why not wrap your item in something else like paper or fabric? Imagine using old jeans as bags or baskets…the opportunities are endless! Experiment with different shapes and sizes, too. Just make sure your customers know who made the package by including company information or branding somewhere on the outside so that your message is being conveyed even after purchase.